This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 208 No matter how cruel the world is, remembering "Bicycle" still brings happiness~
Inside the studio, all the audience members had already entered.

Wearing a mask, Ning Sirou and her mother Wang Ying arrived at the guest seating area prepared for the guests, guided by the staff.

The audience members in the guest seats did not have voting machines and had no right to vote.

"Mom, it looks different in person than on TV."

Ning Sirou was visiting a music variety show for the first time and looked around curiously.

She's never been to a music variety show, let alone a TV New Year's Eve gala, so naturally she doesn't know what's going on there.

This was mainly Wang Ying's consideration.

Aside from acting, Ning Sirou basically doesn't participate in any other activities.

If it weren't for Lu Ran singing today, Wang Ying would never have brought Ning Sirou along.

Wang Ying laughed and said, "Of course, the sound on the live show is different from that on TV. The sound you hear on TV is a sound signal that has been converted through several layers of equipment, so the loss is relatively large. The sound you hear live is the sound that comes into your ears from the speakers right after the singer finishes singing."

Wang Ying pointed to the surround sound speakers on site.

There are several sets of sound systems above the audience seats, around the stage, both in the air and on the ground.

Mu Yong was willing to spend money on stage equipment; the sound system was very expensive.

This is why the effect of watching something live is often better than watching it on TV.

The hardware is different, and the environment is different as well.

On the other side, Li Quan sat in the room that the production team had specially prepared for his agent.

Li Quan sat on the sofa, while the television on the wall played footage of the scene.

He lit a cigarette.

At that moment, the door opened, and Cai Jiasheng entered from outside.

Cai Jiasheng said with a warm smile, "President Li, how have you been?"

Li Quan glanced at Cai Jiasheng.

Don't know what's going on.

In the past, he would definitely have gotten up to greet him.

This is Cai Jiasheng, a powerful figure in the entertainment industry and a former king of singers.

But today, Li Quan remained as steady as an old dog, his back stiff, and he simply didn't want to stand up.

Li Quan smiled slightly, placed his phone on the table, opened the recording interface, and clicked to start recording.

Cai Jiasheng walked over with a smile, but when he saw that Li Quan's screen showed that he was recording, his smile froze.

Cai Jiasheng gave an awkward smile: "President Li, what do you mean by this? I just wanted to chat with you casually, there's no need to record it, is there?"

Li Quan said proudly, "I was afraid Lu Ran would misunderstand."

Cai Jiasheng took a deep breath and sat down in the seat next to Li Quan.

Li Quan shifted his position, moving a little further away from Cai Jiasheng.

Cai Jiasheng took out a cigarette case. His cigarettes looked very expensive, the kind that couldn't be bought on the market.

He handed one to Li Quan.

Li Quan waved his hand and refused outright.

Cai Jiasheng simply ordered one for himself, took a sip, and said, "I want to talk to Lu Ran."

Li Quan: "That depends on whether Lu Ran wants to talk to you."

At this point, the recording of the program officially began.

The beautiful female host from before was gone; instead, Mu Yong stepped onto the stage.

Mu Yong said with a smile, "Since the show started airing, many viewers have been asking me to host it, so here I am!"

The surrounding guests were speechless.

Who said that? Show me the evidence!

Who wouldn't want to watch a pretty young woman hosting? Why would they want to watch a middle-aged man like you hosting?!
Mu Yong didn't care at all and proceeded with the process as usual.

Soon after, it was the first female singer's turn to perform.

She volunteered to be the first to perform on stage, and she sang an old song, which went quite well.

After that singer's segment ended, it was the turn of the young male singer who had performed earlier.

Perhaps because he was a little sad when he called his mother today, this male singer almost cried while singing, and it just so happened that he was singing a sad love song.

Many people in the audience were moved by his emotions, and their singing actually turned out quite well.

The third person to go on stage was Fu Ziheng.

The theme he drew was love.

The song he sang today was also written by a retired lyricist and composer.

The lyricist and composer used to write songs for Hong Kong singers.

Fu Ziheng is quite confident in this song.

This song is catchy and memorable.

In the singer's waiting room, Han Ye commented, "The song is good, and it has great potential for becoming popular."

Ye Zhenzhen nodded: "The music is indeed good."

Both of them were quite particular about how they spoke.

The song is indeed good, but the lyrics are not so good.

This song tells the story of the innocent love between a boy and a girl, but the lyricist is over fifty years old, so it is really difficult for him to write about this kind of innocent love.

It's not that it's poorly written, but rather that it could be better.

After Fu Ziheng finished singing, Han Ye got up, stretched his limbs, said goodbye to Lu Ran and Ye Zhenzhen, and left the waiting room.

Ye Zhenzhen looked at Lu Ran: "Is the song you're going to sing later still an original one?"

Lu Ran nodded.

Ye Zhenzhen exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually an original work! You're amazing!"

The room was filled with the aroma of tea.

If a pretty young girl said something like that, it would be fine, but it sounds a bit off coming from Ye Zhenzhen.

The main problem is that Lu Ran is only twenty-two years old, while Ye Zhenzhen is already forty.

This reminded Lu Ran of a celebrity couple on Earth who were in a relationship where the woman was older than the man, and when they appeared on a variety show, Francis Ng directly asked the female celebrity, "Would you be willing to play your boyfriend's mother?"

Lu Ran humbly replied: "Thank you for your recognition, Teacher Ye. As an artist, there is no need to describe a song as amazing or not. The key is whether the song brings value to the audience."

Ye Zhenzhen's next words were stuck in her throat.

How am I supposed to respond to this?
After a while, Han Ye started singing on stage.

He sang his own classic songs, and the atmosphere at the scene was great.

After he finished singing, Ye Zhenzhen stood up and patted her chest, saying, "I'm still a little nervous." It's the same as the top student in the class saying they failed their exam.

Lu Ran smiled politely but did not speak.

Ye Zhenzhen turned and left, showing Lu Ran her ample hips and slender waist wrapped in a cheongsam, and swaying as she walked.

However, Lu Ran didn't look at it at all; he was focused on watching the big screen.

Soon after, Ye Zhenzhen also went on stage to sing.

She sang one of her own classic old songs, and her outfit seemed to transport everyone back to that era.

The audience cheered.

"Han Ye and Ye Zhenzhen are going all out!"

"These two senior figures are too strong, how are the others supposed to compete!"

"No matter how you kick it, no one can make it move!"

Amid cheers from the audience, Mu Yong returned to the stage.

"Next up is our challenger, who is also a familiar face to everyone."

On the judges' panel, everyone was still discussing who the challenger was.

Mu Yong continued, "Some time ago, he released a song, and after the song was released, he gained a nickname, 'Kidney Bro'."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gasp of surprise rang out from the entire audience.

On the singers' seats, several singers who had already finished their songs showed expressions of surprise.

Mu Yong shouted, "Please give a round of applause to our challenger, Li Haorui!"

On the stage, the lights gradually came on.

The stage setup was very simple, with only one bicycle parked on the stage.

Li Haorui sat sideways on the back of the bicycle.

The song information also appears on the screen.

"bicycle".

Lu Ran wrote the lyrics, composed the music, and arranged the arrangement.

The judges present were immediately agitated.

"Li Haorui actually came to challenge us, and Lu Ran even wrote the song for him!"

"My goodness, the production team really knows how to have fun!"

"This is an original song, another original song by Lu Ran!"

Some of the judges don't care who challenges them; they're satisfied as long as a new Cantonese song is performed.

Only in the singers' section did Fu Ziheng's face turn ugly.

Lu Ran actually called for help, or rather, brought his underlings up.

On one stage, two of his songs are playing. How are others supposed to compete?
At this moment, the intro to the song begins.

The sound of guitar echoed on the stage. Li Haorui lowered his head slightly and slowly raised the microphone.

He seemed completely immersed in the song.

The singing started.

"Don't assume I knew everything was done for my benefit."

"Why is it so great, yet so imperceptible?"

When the audience heard this part, they didn't recognize what kind of song it was.

Later, when Li Haorui sang about the two of them riding bicycles and embracing tightly from back to back, some people thought he was singing about love.

Then, the chorus begins.

Li Haorui also raised his head.

He didn't move his body, but leaned against the bicycle.

"So hard to part, I want to hold you tighter, life seems like a vast wilderness~"

"If a child could rest on his father's shoulders, who would want to get off the bus?"

"It's always hard to part ways; it's just human nature, and there's no escaping it."

"No matter how cruel the world may be, remembering this bicycle brings happiness."

By this point, everyone should understand what the song is about.

It wasn't romantic love, but familial love, specifically fatherly love.

However, this song is not the kind that praises the greatness of fatherly love.

Wyman Wong, who wrote the lyrics for this song, said that he had always inexplicably liked bicycles. Later, he remembered that when he was in first grade, he tried riding a motorcycle to the beach with his arm around his father's waist. That was the only time in his life that he hugged his father and the only time he truly felt that his father might really love him.

Wong Wai-man complained that his father neglected him, and his only memory of his father's love was the time he spent sitting on his bicycle.

Chinese fatherly love is restrained and subtle.

It may only when a child grows up to a certain point in time that they realize their father loves them.

When I was a child, I thought my father was omnipotent, but when I grew up, I realized that he was just an ordinary person.

But as you grow older, one day you will suddenly realize that this man, who may be very ordinary in society, is a great father.

Before long, the song came to an end.

Li Haorui sang the last line.

"Let the world resent my bad deeds, but know that only you can bear my madness and wildness."

At the scene, some audience members who were easily moved to tears, or those whose hearts were touched by the song, had already shed tears.

Among the judges, there were one or two with red eyes.

"This song is really good."

"It is definitely a masterpiece among songs about fathers."

Hu Nengkai was also on the judging panel.

As everyone was talking, he realized a problem.

"Wait a minute, didn't Lu Ran draw the 'family' theme in the last lottery? He wrote a song about fatherly love for Li Haorui, so what is he going to sing himself?"

One of the judges remarked instinctively, "There's still maternal love to sing about!"

The man suddenly realized what he had said.

Damn it?

Write two songs on the same theme?
Lu Ran, you're just showing off your skills!

(End of this chapter)